Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #26 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– NEXT GENERATION: THE COMPLETE SATURN STORY
– Keio Flying Squadron 2 #BestOfSaturn
– XL2 Cracks “Impossible” Saturn Hardware Environment Mapping
– SHIRO! Podcas…
Podcast Retrospective
On this retrospective, we take a look at our first episode: “LOVE or HATE”. We start our first news segment, which would end up becoming our SHIRO! Show. Most importantly,…
Uncategorized
XL2 continues to push the Saturn beyond what many have thought to be impossible… His latest exploit? Hardware-based UV Texture Environment Mapping! Saturn Hardware-Based UV Texture Environment Mapping – Proof…
Best Of Saturn
A sequel to one of the pricier SEGA CD games, Keio Flying Squadron 2e is a 2D platformer with shmup sections. Players take control of Remi and guide her through…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #25 news update!
This week, we’ll be discussing:
– Cardboard Patrick
– SCAVENGER: A Grand Vision, A Crushing Loss…
– Burning Rangers #BestOfSaturn
– Steamgear Mash Attack!
– Dr. Emerald Nova’s SEGA Saturn 27t…
Editorial
In the mid-’90s, NEXT GENERATION Magazine, also known as “EDGE” in the UK, brought loads of insightful news and industry coverage to the average gaming consumer. From developer interviews to…
News
On September 1st, the famous Dr. Emerald Nova announced the SEGA Saturn 27th Saturn Game Development competition on his stream! For those of you who don’t know, Dr. Emerald Nova…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #24 news update! This week, we’ll be doing something different. Showing off and discussing a few items and device we talked about in our Gamescon 2021 presentation! Originally premiered: August 27th, 2021Follow us on our …
Review
Released in late September 1995, Steamgear Mash took the gaming world by storm. Shooting straight up the Japanese gaming charts, the game sold quicker than any other 32-bit title had,…
Best Of Saturn
Sonic Team’s final Saturn effort, Burning Rangers sees the player control a futuristic firefighter as they attempt to quell fires, rescue survivors, and unravel the mystery behind the surge in…
Scavenger was one of the most exciting game development houses to come out of the mid-90’s. Formed from the roots of the amiga hacking and demo scene, their Zyrinx team would push the SEGA Genesis to the limit and they would also demonstrate the polygon-…
Editorial
Scavenger was one of the most exciting game development houses to come out of the mid-90’s. Formed from the roots of the amiga hacking and demo scene, their Zyrinx team…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #23 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – POWERSLAVE… EXHUMED at last!- House of the Dead 1 & 2 OST Up for Pre-Order on Vinyl- DTS: The SEGA Developer’s ‘Game Mag’- Zoop #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Podcast Retrospectiv…
Podcast Retrospective
On our next Podcast retrospective, we’ll be taking a look at S1: Episode 5 – “Getting Saturn Online…”! One of our first episodes that we talk getting the Saturn Online….
Best Of Saturn
Released on nearly every platform known to man, Zoop makes its way onto Saturn. A simple yet challenging puzzler, this sees the player’s cursor protect the inner square against advancing…
Editorial
Those who know me well are probably aware of my slight obsession with SEGA and Saturn-related gaming magazines… I suppose I’m just a big history nerd, and these old rags…
News
SHIRO! SHOW Recap On August 16th, Cartridge Thunder put up an announcement that the original soundtracks for House of the Dead 1 and 2 would be released on vinyl: You…shall…all…DIE!!!…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #22 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – The Saga of Sentiment: Playing Panzer Dragoon Saga in 1998- Panzer Dragoon Saga #BestOfSaturn- Developer Interview: 7shades on “Cubecat”- CyberSound: Saturn’s Musical Mid…
News
SHIRO! SHOW Recap SATURN FANS, REJOICE! From Nightdive Studios, developer of remastered ports such as Doom 64, Turok, Shadowman and the upcoming System Shock, comes ‘POWERSLAVE EXHUMED’, an enhanced remaster…
Podcast Retrospective
SHIRO! SHOW Recap This week, we take a look back at our first Halloween episode, all the way back in 2017. Also talking about Sega Lagoon, and the old SEGA…
Best Of Saturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap The Big One. Arriving in 1998 as the Western Saturn faded, this magnificent RPG features an innovative combat system and a story of betrayal, loss, and redemption,…
Editorial
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Out of the box, Saturn offered incredible sound hardware, enabling musicians and sound designers to create complex and multi-layered tracks. It’s custom Yamaha YMF292 (aka Saturn Custom Sound…
Editorial
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Every community has its high profile members… You know, the ones who become something of a “household name”, for projects that push homebrew development forward? These are…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #21 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – NHL All Star Hockey ’98 #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: S1: Episode 3 – “Let’s Get Technical”- Bulk Slash Twin Stick Control Layout PollOriginally premiered:…
SHIRO Shorts!
WARNING: this piece discusses events in Panzer Dragoon Saga and contains many spoilers. You have been warned. SHIRO! SHOW Recap Loss… Released near the end of the western Saturn’s commercial…
News
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Lacquerware, one of the members on the Bulk Slash fan translation team, just put up a poll to gauge the public’s opinions on how the recently implemented…
Podcast Retrospective
This week on SHIRO! Retrospective, we look back on the third episode, “Let’s Get Technical”! SHIRO! SHOW Recap In this episode, we go into our first technical topic, which is…
Best Of Saturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Perhaps the most playable ice hockey game on the Saturn, NHL All Star Hockey ’98 is actually a re-branded version of NHL PowerPlay ’98 by Radical Entertainment….
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #20 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – World Heroes Perfect #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: S1: Episode 2 – “Neo Geo on SEGA Saturn”- Saturn Virtua Racing “super secret cheat code” works- Rainbow …
News
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Since being teased by SHIRO! a few shows ago, the project our very own Patrick has been working on, has now been released!For those of you unaware,…
News
SHIRO! SHOW Recap Since interviewing Chuck Tolman for my Virtua Racing video, a super secret loomed over my soul. Tolman told me and Patrick Traynor about a cheat code never…
Podcast Retrospective
SHIRO! SHOW Recap For our next week’s retrospective, we’d like to focus our attention on the second episode in season 1: “Neo Geo on SEGA Saturn”. Fun fact: This was…
Best Of Saturn
SHIRO! SHOW Recap World Heroes Perfect is the fourth and final game in the World Heroes series. Ported over from the NEO GEO, it offers 16 playable fighters to take…
Welcome to the SHIRO! SHOW! Week #19 news update! This week, we’ll be discussing: – Fire ProWrestling S: 6Men Scramble #BestOfSaturn- SHIRO! Podcast Retrospective: Season 1: Episode 1- Progress on the FPGA implementation of Saturn- Developer Interview: D…
Editorial
While the Saturn Homebrew scene is still in it’s relative ‘infancy’ compared to other existing homebrew development communities (take the Mega Drive or Dreamcast for example), it’s had a bit…